True boxing fans love Joshua

[juggernaut666]

I can respect your points just understand that one can be a true boxing fan yet not necessarily like a particular boxer.

True fans will appreciate what Joshua brings to the table .One doesn't have to like Joshua , hell root for him to get knocked out but any real fan would see they are getting rewarded with almost a guaranteed knock out either way .The OP's point of this thread was fanboys will hate while the true boxing fans will be happy a k.o machine is in town once again !

[The Big Dunn]

True fans will appreciate what Joshua brings to the table .One doesn't have to like Joshua , hell root for him to get knocked out but any real fan would see they are getting rewarded with almost a guaranteed knock out either way .The OP's point of this thread was fanboys will hate while the true boxing fans will be happy a k.o machine is in town once again !

My problem with someone being a "ko machine" as you posted is a KO is in many ways a function of both the fighter and the opponent.

If you ko a string of low quality opponents that will not make true fans happy. A true fan, IMO, would rather watch 2 great fighters fight regardless of how it ends then watch a guy they like rack up ko after ko against low caliber opposition.

As a fan, which do you prefer?

[Rip Chudd]

I love when others are trying to teach me if I'm a real boxing fan.

You're not a real boxing fan if you have Joe Frazier in your avatar.

[BlackRevolver]

To be honest, you're not even a true boxing fan if you're not a fan of Anthony Joshua. There is simply no good reason to not appreciate what this guy has done and still is doing is.

In only 16 fights, he:
1 - Is undefeated.
2 - Won every fight by KO.
3 - Was the only boxer ever to stop Kevin Johnson. Vitali couldn't do that.
4 - Beat 3 undefeated opponents in a row.
5 - Won a belt.

In 16 fights, Joshua has seemed flawless and all arguments against him seem to be desperate. He got youth, speed, skills, massive size and extreme power. We don't even know about his stamina yet because his opponents can't survive many rounds against him.

Joshua is a nice guy, he talks well and he should make all the Povetkins and Stivernes of boxing feel ashamed for not at least trying to remove the body fat.

The best thing? Joshua will soon have knocked out 4 undefeated opponents in a row (Breazale), which will bring him to 17(17)-0 and he will then destroy either Wilder or Fury. People are still gonna hate on him after that, but this guy is just what boxing needs. Explosive potential. This guy is the future.

Joshua is great for British boxing and HW boxing in general. He's a genuine nice guy, think Frank Bruno and look back at how popular Bruno was, and thats because the British people fall in love with such characters, personalities.

Joshua also deserves great respect for his training, dedication and genuine passion for boxing, rather then simply being here for money fights.

However, we both know that if Joshua faces Haye within the next 12 months, Haye will land with a hayemaker, this is no smack talking or trolling, its being realistic that Haye will land, he will connect and once Haye connects then its fight over, even if he doesn't finish him instantly, Haye is like a pit bull and wouldn't allow Joshua to recover, unlike the DIllian Whyte fight.

So yes, I'm a fan of Joshua and hope he continues to improve, but there are certain fights he loses and we all know how destructive a defeat can be to a fighters confidence and we don't know how Joshua would react to a defeat, especially if he's knocked out.

[M Bison]

Don't care about him being unbeaten I like the fact he is willing to make a fast progression unlike many other pros in the game and he is fighting in a highly entertaining manner.

Quite frankly we need more people like AJ If we want this sport to reach the same level of entertainment values that the UFC has and that might not make boxing fans happy but it's just simply the truth boxing is lacking the fact that 9 out of 10 times the undercard fights are absolute boring white washes that right there for me is everything wrong with the sport.

[juggernaut666]

My problem with someone being a "ko machine" as you posted is a KO is in many ways a function of both the fighter and the opponent.

If you ko a string of low quality opponents that will not make true fans happy. A true fan, IMO, would rather watch 2 great fighters fight regardless of how it ends then watch a guy they like rack up ko after ko against low caliber opposition.

As a fan, which do you prefer?

What are these great fighters in comparison ?

Fury / Hammer ?

Wilder / Arreola ?

Parker/ Takam ?

You are simply penalising Joshua for being to dominant and penalising his style bc no one was able to last long barring Whyte .

Tony Tubbs was called a bum when Mike Tyson k.od him in 2 rnds . Years later he went the distance with Bowe in a competitive 10 rnd decision loss .

As a fan you always want 2 better fighters going at it thats why hes fighting guys who haven't lost yet who are available so not sure where the he's k.oing weak fighters has much merit here when you can only fight limited options at a time !

Martin or Breazeale COULD easily make a competitive fight or at least last 12 with Fury ,bc its Furys style that would enable them to do so. If thats a good thing as opposed to AJ having the abilities to whack them out at any point ,well then Joshua isnt for you . Personally i like the big k.o not dancing around playing points waiting for the k.o !

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True fans will appreciate what Joshua brings to the table .One doesn't have to like Joshua , hell root for him to get knocked out but any real fan would see they are getting rewarded with almost a guaranteed knock out either way .The OP's point of this thread was fanboys will hate while the true boxing fans will be happy a k.o machine is in town once again !

You only like Joshua because you enjoy wanking over the thought of him pounding your arseh0le with his BBC.

[The Big Dunn]

What are these great fighters in comparison ?

Fury / Hammer ?

Wilder / Arreola ?

Parker/ Takam ?

You are simply penalising Joshua for being to dominant and penalising his style bc no one was able to last long barring Whyte .

Tony Tubbs was called a bum when Mike Tyson k.od him in 2 rnds . Years later he went the distance with Bowe in a competitive 10 rnd decision loss .

As a fan you always want 2 better fighters going at it thats why hes fighting guys who haven't lost yet who are available so not sure where the he's k.oing weak fighters has much merit here when you can only fight limited options at a time !

Martin or Breazeale COULD easily make a competitive fight or at least last 12 with Fury ,bc its Furys style that would enable them to do so. If thats a good thing as opposed to AJ having the abilities to whack them out at any point ,well then Joshua isnt for you . Personally i like the big k.o not dancing around playing points waiting for the k.o !

Dude, I'm not criticizing Joshua in any way. Just a general response to your post.

[LacedUp]

You're not a real boxing fan if you have Joe Frazier in your avatar.

I guess I should switch to AJ to get this posters respect as a true fan of the sport.

[juggernaut666]

Dude, I'm not criticizing Joshua in any way. Just a general response to your post.

And i gave you more than a general reply .